2015 Topps Tier One - The Scarce Dodger Cards

Here is a final look the Dodger cards found in packs of Topps 2015 Tier One Baseball card set.  Go here to check out all of my previous post on this set. Below, I share a checklist and example pics of the scarcer cards available - mostly all "1 of 1's."  Go here for a complete checklist of the set.

• Clear One Autographs (#/25) - #COA-CK Clayton Kershaw (redemption card)
• Cut Signatures (#/1) - #CS-DDE Don Drysdale
• Cut Signature Relics (#/1) - #CSR-DS Duke Snider 
• Cut Signature Relics (#/1) - #CSR-JR Jackie Robinson

All-Star Relics Set (#/1)

• #ASR-CKW Clayton Kershaw
• #ASR-DG Dee Gordon
• #ASR-YP Yasiel Puig

#ASR-DG Dee Gordon

2015 Topps Tier One - The Dodger Auto/Relic Cards

Here are all of the Dodger autograph/relic combination cards available in Topps 2015 Tier One Baseball card set.  Go here to check out all of my previous post on this set.

As you'll notice below, each player in the Autographed Relics set comes with either 1, 2 or 3 relic pieces embedded within them.  I've provided examples of what each one looks like for Adrian Gonzalez below.  For the other two players I show only a pic of an example of their card.

Autographed Relics

#TOAR-AGO Adrian Gonzalez

#TOAR-HR Hanley Ramirez               #TOAR-YP Yasiel Puig

2015 Topps Tier One - The Dodger Autograph Cards

After taking a look at the Dodger relic cards from Topps newest release on Tuesday, 2015 Tier One, I now share photos of all the Dodger autograph-only cards that can be found in the set.  Check them all out below.  Go here to check out all of my previous post on this set.

Acclaimed Autographs

#AA-AG Adrian Gonzalez            #AA-FV Fernando Valenzuela

#AA-HR Hanley Ramirez

2015 Topps Tier One - The Dodger Relic Only Cards

Last week saw the release of Topps 2015 Tier One Baseball card set, and below are examples of the Dodger relic cards that can be found in packs.  This is a high-end set.  There is no base set.  Every card has either an autograph, relic or both.  Boxes cost about $80.00 a piece, has only one pack and you get only three cards in that single pack.  You are guaranteed two autographed cards and a relic card.  Some packs might include an extra relic card.  Go here to check out a complete checklist.

As you'll notice below, each player in the relic set comes with either 1, 2 or 3 relic pieces embedded within them.  I've provided examples of what each one looks like for both Adrian Gonzalez and Hyun-Jin Ryu below.  For the other six players (including the Legends Relics of Snider and Robinson) I show only a pic of the single-relic card.

Relics

#TOR-AGZ Adrian Gonzalez

Fernando Valenzuela was an Oriole... Wha...?

What on earth is this?

I'm confused, bewildered and perplexed.  I just can't get my head around the idea (no... the reality) that the great Fernando Valenzuela once played for a club that was not the Dodgers, let alone the Orioles.

I know that previous sentence is silly.  After all, he was only 30-years old when he was released by the Dodgers, and his career was from over then.  Still, the notion that Fernando played for other clubs is something I'd rather forget, and certainly it's the last thing I want to be reminded of on cardboard.

Featured above is a 2015 Topps Tier One Autographed Relic card of El Toro as a Baltimore Oriole.  This set was just released a couple of days ago, so I should have pics of most of the Dodger cards some time next week.  In the meantime, I am going to force you to stare at the card above.

How does the card make you feel?  Are you as dumbfounded as I am?  Or angry that Topps would dare make this card?

This is the first modern day Baseball card I've seen, or noticed, that features Fernando in a uniform other than Dodger Blue, and I wonder if there are any more.  Does anybody out there know of one?  Please pass that knowledge along.

As for Valenzuela's career after Los Angeles, I do remember him playing for the Angels and Padres, and I recall how weird it looked to see him in those uniforms.  For whatever reason, though, I have no recollection of the other three clubs he pitched for - Phillies, Orioles and Cardinals.  I wonder why that is.  Did I just block that out?

BTW, I ran into the above card on eBay.  You can check out the auction here.  Also, a complete checklist of the set can be found here.

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Blog Kiosk: 11/13/2014 - Dodger Links - Some Odds and Ends

It looks like they had a fantastic day at Historic Dodgertown yesterday.  Here's a pic of Olympic gold medal managers Kyung Moon Kim & TommyLasorda with Chan Ho Park & KBO Dinos CEO Lee, pic via @WBSC_co on twitter.

Below are some links to check out:

• Here's something I didn't know.  Via Cary Osborne at Dodger Insider, "Nickname Game: Dodgers beat out Kings in 1932 vote."

But the name, according to a rarely seen newspaper clipping, didn’t become official until 1932, when sportswriters — yes, sportswriters — officially voted for Dodgers to be the team’s moniker.

• Via Mike Oz at Big League Stew, "Spot the differences in these two pics of Clayton Kershaw's entourage."

The entourage was proud this time too, but they looked entirely too similar. Same formation, circled around Kershaw. Same investment banker-in-training look about them. Kershaw says he and the boys were planning a night of video games and ping pong. But they're trolling us all, I'm sure of it.

• Via Jon Weisman at Dodger Insider, "Dodgers sign Juan Uribe’s nephew, two others."  Eric Stephen at True Blue LA has more details.
• Awesome!

Just another day in the offseason for @ithrow88, @AJEllis17 and @FlashGJr ... http://t.co/LnEPN79MtR pic.twitter.com/hstJeSTH9h
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 12, 2014

• Chris Olds at Beckett provides a sneak peak at 2015 Topps Tier One Baseball cards, here.  Below are Puig and Valenzuela cards.  This set will arrive in late May 2015.

• Chris Olds also provides a preview of Panini America's 2014 National Treasures set.  check out the Clayton Kersahw book card below.

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